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The Syms School, founded in 1635, is the first free school established in America! -
While changing over the past about 150 years between where in the executive branch it is, as well as its role, the Department of Education was first founded in 1867. -
There is no specific date I can find online over the schools foundation. However, it marked the start of a dark era in education for Native Americans in the country, stripping them of their culture and values to European-ize them. -
A group who convened to attempt to set a standard curriculum for students in the United States, consisting of major names in education across the country. -
The first SAT test administered marks the beginning of an age of Standardized Testing becoming common across the nation. -
The countries first successful school desegregation case, ruling it was against state law to build a second school for only Mexican children. -
Major supreme court case ruling segregation of schools was unconstitutional and illegal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jSu8_oeCQU
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US Supreme court case declaring the practice of school-sponsored prayer as unconstitutional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXMhE7iukVg
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A Federal law that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities passes. -
Not just affecting education, but the world, the pandemic has created everlasting effects on the current world of education that will have impact in decades to come.